Crimson Desert Update 1.04.00 Out Now — Check Out the Patch Notes

Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has launched replace 1.04.00, which makes vital enhancements to the sport. Chief amongst them is the addition of problem settings, new storage enhancements, new pets, keyboard/mouse and controller preset choices, new class tabs for the stock, new abilities, enhancements to distant surroundings high quality, and much more.

It’s value digging into the particulars right here. Hard problem makes it so foot merchandise results received’t be utilized instantly, and can solely take impact after the consumption animation is full. This will make it unimaginable to recuperate well being by spamming meals. Instead, you are going to should carve out the area and time to take action. In arduous problem you additionally take extra injury, and the most well being, aggressiveness, and total velocity of opponents is elevated. You additionally get a lowered timing window for parry and dodge, lowered invincibility period for roll, and elevated frequency of bosses trying to counterattack or escape when hit. And be warned: Pearl Abyss stated it had added extra fight patterns for sure bosses. Hard problem will pair effectively with the upcoming boss rematch function, which is able to allow you to face off towards bosses of your alternative.

Easy problem, on the different hand, reduces the injury taken by the participant, reduces the most well being, aggressiveness, and total velocity of opponents, and extends the timing home windows for parry and dodge. Normal is the problem we’ve all been enjoying up to now.

There’s much more to love about this patch. It provides the Sturdy Gatherables Chest, which may be arrange with the housing system. It has 1,000 slots and may be bought from furnishings outlets. This is essential: supplies saved in the Sturdy Gatherables Chest can be utilized for crafting or refinement even when they don’t seem to be carried in your stock. That’s going to save lots of a whole lot of time for gamers!

Similarly, the Kuku Cooler and Enhanced Kuku Cooler gadgets are added to the sport, and may be positioned with the housing system. The Kuku Cooler may be obtained by way of a quest, whereas the Enhanced Kuku Cooler may be crafted. Both can be utilized to retailer meals gadgets and substances. Ingredients saved in both cooler can be utilized for cooking even when they don’t seem to be carried in your stock. Again, a welcome time saver.

Moving on, Pearl Abyss has added birds as pets, which is able to give those that are constructing their animal armies much more to do. Elsewhere, there are 5 new sorts of cat pets, and you’ll change the names of horses and pets. Pets have a brand new slot for brand spanking new gadgets that offers them new skills and behaviors, too.

And that is sensible: Pearl Abyss has made yet one more bug an precise function:

• Fixed a difficulty the place cats might stay on the participant’s shoulder indefinitely, opposite to the supposed design. However, contemplating that many Greymanes truly appreciated these cats’ conduct, we have now added an merchandise that permits cats to remain on the shoulder for an extended time frame.

There are huge modifications to fight, too. Bosses are not resistant to participant assaults whereas performing highly effective assaults, which ought to make them simpler total. Kliff, Damiane, and Oongka have new abilities to mess around with, too.

As anticipated, there’s lots on this patch that Pearl Abyss hadn’t introduced was on the manner, and gamers are digging into it to search out out what’s new. It appears like the largest replace but for Crimson Desert, which has loved monumental success since happening sale in March. These updates have drastically modified the sport, and the tempo of their launch is outstanding for a triple-A, single-player open world motion journey.

We’ve acquired loads extra on Crimson Desert, together with praise from the director of The Witcher 3, a hidden food consequence system that a modder has restored, and an impressive character creator mod. We suggest you check out our information to Things to Do First in Crimson Desert, plus Things Crimson Desert Doesn’t Tell You (we’ve acquired 28 and counting!). We’ve additionally acquired a information to the Best Early Weapons we suggest choosing up, the Best Skills to Get First (together with a helpful explainer of the abilities system), and 34 Essential Tips and Tricks that will help you reach Pywel.

The patch notes, courtesy of Pearl Abyss, are under:

Crimson Desert replace 1.04.00 patch notes:

• Easy / Normal / Hard problem choices have been added to Settings > Play. For skilled Greymanes in search of extra intense and thrilling fight, Hard problem presents a more difficult journey.
  • For those that have loved many boss fights and want to problem them once more, the boss rematches function permitting you to face off towards the bosses of your alternative shall be added quickly.
  • Easy
    • Reduced injury taken by the participant.
    • Reduced most well being, aggressiveness, and total velocity of opponents.
    • Extended timing home windows for Parry and Dodge.
    • Reduced the frequency of bosses trying to counterattack or escape when hit.
  • Normal
    • This is the problem you’ve got been enjoying up to now.
  • Hard
    • Food merchandise results will not be utilized instantly and can solely take impact after the consumption animation is full.
    • Increased injury taken by the participant.
    • Increased most well being, aggressiveness, and total velocity of opponents.
    • Reduced timing window for Parry and Dodge.
    • Reduced the invincibility period for Roll.
    • Increased the frequency of bosses trying to counterattack or escape when hit.
    • Added extra fight patterns for sure bosses.
• Added the Sturdy Gatherables Chest which may be arrange with the housing system.
  • The Sturdy Gatherables Chest has 1,000 slots and may be bought from furnishings outlets.
  • Materials saved in the Sturdy Gatherables Chest can be utilized for crafting or refinement even when they don’t seem to be carried in your stock.
• Added the Kuku Cooler and Enhanced Kuku Cooler gadgets which may be positioned with the housing system.
  • The Kuku Cooler may be obtained by way of a quest, whereas the Enhanced Kuku Cooler may be crafted. Both can be utilized to retailer meals gadgets and substances.
    • Kuku Cooler: 40 slots
    • Enhanced Kuku Cooler: 330 slots.
  • Ingredients saved in both cooler can be utilized for cooking even when they don’t seem to be carried in your stock.
• Added the Collectibles Chest which may be positioned by way of housing mode.
  • The Collectibles Chest can be utilized to retailer numerous quest gadgets and crafting recipes.
  • The Collectibles Chest has 1,000 slots and may be obtained by way of a quest.
• Added an outfit storage function to the Wardrobe, which may be positioned by way of housing mode.
  • The Wardrobe may be bought from furnishings outlets.
  • Each Wardrobe supplies 100 storage slots, and the complete storage capability will increase primarily based on the variety of wardrobes positioned.
  • The most outfit storage capability is 1,000 slots.
• Added the Select House possibility the place you possibly can change the structure of your home.
  • Selectable home varieties unlock primarily based on the Greymane Camp growth stage.
    • Compact House
    • Standard House
    • Spacious House
    • Spacious Pailunese House
• Improved housing mode-related UI and controls.
• Added a operate that permits all furnishings gadgets positioned by way of the housing mode to be retrieved abruptly.
• Improved the Greymane Camp.
  • After transferring the camp to Pailune, you’ll obtain the Private Storage merchandise which may be positioned by way of housing mode.
  • Added a effectively to Howling Hill.
• Improved the commentary function in order that Abyss artifacts may be earned when observing a talent that had already been acquired through the use of Abyss artifacts.
• Improved the following gadgets, which have been beforehand unstackable, to now stack in the stock:
  • Regular Abyss gears, bugs, fish, and animals
• Added birds as pets. You can encounter these new companions all through Pywel.
  • Added the Sotdae of Bond merchandise which lets you acquire Trust with birds.
  • Place numerous sorts of meals that birds may like on the Sotdae of Bond to feed them and acquire Trust.
  • The Sotdae of Bond may be obtained by way of a quest.
• Added 5 new sorts of cat pets.
• Improved the Abyss Heuklang in order that it might turn into your pet.
• Added a operate to alter the names of horses and pets.
• Fixed a difficulty the place cats might stay on the participant’s shoulder indefinitely, opposite to the supposed design. However, contemplating that many Greymanes truly appreciated these cats’ conduct, we have now added an merchandise that permits cats to remain on the shoulder for an extended time frame.
  • Added an adjunct slot for pets, which is able to enable pets to now tackle a greater variety of roles.
    • Sigil of Bonding: Equipping this merchandise on a pet cat ensures it to remain longer in your shoulder.
• [Damiane] Added a brand new unique one-handed weapon, the Sword of Starlight, which may be obtained by way of a quest.
• [Kliff/Oongka] Added two new one-handed weapons, Tree Branch and Sturdy Tree Branch.
  • These gadgets may be obtained by slicing down timber and bamboo timber.
• Added a brand new instrument, Sturdy Broom.
• [Kliff] Added the new Baltheon armor outfit.
• Changed the title of Rekhia Plate Helm to Baltheon Plate Helm and improved it in order that it may be outfitted by Kliff.
• Added a secret store in Pororin the place pet gear may be bought.
• Added extra outfits to sure outlets, together with the Back Alley Shop.
• Improved the Kuku Flame-Resistant Armor and the Kuku Ice-Resistant Armor in order that they are often dyed.
• Added numerous ores and wells throughout Pywel.
• Reduced the quantity of assault and protection gained from gear reinforcement with grindstones and anvils.
• Fixed a difficulty the place the cloudcart couldn’t be known as.
  • Improved the cloudcart in order that it may be used as a everlasting mount.
  • Changed the cloudcart crafting mission in order that it might solely be accomplished as soon as.
• Improved the costs of products offered by Greymane NPCs in order that they are often purchased at a ten% discounted worth.
• Added livestock distributors throughout Pywel.
  • Livestock equivalent to cows, pigs, goats, sheep, geese, and chickens may be bought from these NPCs.
• Added 13 new tattoos for characters.
• Added a “Lock” operate that forestalls promoting or discarding of the chosen merchandise.
• Improved gathering and mining in order that the amount of things obtained is utilized persistently.
• Improved resting in mattress in order that the participant’s character will get up instantly afterward.
• Improved NPCs to point out a greater variety of reactions to their environment.
• As a part of ongoing visible enhancements, changed choose 2D visible property to higher align with the sport’s artwork path.

Controls

• Added a preset function for each keyboard/mouse and controllers.
  • The authentic controls can be found by way of the “Classic Preset”.
  • More detailed controller customization shall be added quickly.
• Added a function the place, when the interplay key’s pressed, the corresponding motion is carried out instantly.
  • [Keyboard/Mouse] This function, positioned in Settings > Input > Keyboard/Mouse Customization, can be utilized when the UI interplay part doesn’t overlap with the keys in the Default Input Group. If the keys overlap, that part shall be highlighted in yellow.
  • [Controller] This function can be utilized by way of the default settings in Settings > Input > Controller Customization.
• Added the “Evasion Control” and “Switch Roll and Evasion Input” choices.
  • This function permits you to select between both the authentic double click on/press possibility or the maintain possibility.
  • Enabling the “Switch Roll and Evasion Input” possibility switches the controls for Roll and Evasion.
• Improved the controls for aiming
  • Added a operate that permits you to flip your lantern on and off whereas aiming.
  • Improved the controls in order that even when a weapon is drawn, urgent purpose whereas there’s an interactable goal close by will instantly swap to purpose as an alternative of guard.
• Added the “Using Skill: Element” possibility.
  • Selecting “Quick Slot Option” permits you to use the chosen parts assigned for every particular person enter.
• Changed the controls for Vault.
  • Vault can now solely be utilized by urgent Jump whereas performing a special assault.
• Changed all interactions in order that they’re executed repeatedly whereas the button is held down.
• [Keyboard/Mouse & Controller] “Dismount/Drop” and “Cancel” keys/buttons have been mixed.
• [Keyboard/Mouse] Expanded the vary of customizable key bindings.
• [Keyboard/Mouse] Changed the Escape key used whereas beneath standing results to match the Evade key.
• [Controller] Improved the map in order that it may be opened by holding the DualSense contact pad or the Xbox controller’s View button.

Combat/Action

• Adjusted the total stability of bosses.
  • Changed bosses in order that they’re not resistant to participant assaults whereas performing highly effective assaults.
  • Adjusted the frequency at which bosses counterattack or escape whereas being hit consecutively.
  • Adjusted the assault sample of sure bosses.
• Increased injury taken from elemental standing illnesses.
• Slightly lowered the injury dealt when hitting enemies with pillars or timber.
• Added new charging levels for Force Palm Pulse.
  • The talent may be charged as much as 3 levels, with injury rising progressively.
• Improved the total velocity of “Examine” when inspecting gadgets.
• Improved the velocity of pushing or rotating objects throughout puzzles.
• Improved follow-up assaults so that they join extra rapidly even when the preliminary assault is blocked.
• Changed Blinding Flash in order that it will also be utilized in areas the place weapons can’t be drawn.
• Changed Blinding Flash in order that it’s used towards the goal presently being confronted throughout fight.
• Improved assault chaining after utilizing Dodge throughout unarmed fight.
• [Kliff] Added the talent Weapon Throw, usable whereas twin wielding.
  • This potential can be utilized with the identical controls as Shield Bash.
  • Weapons may be retrieved by urgent the identical controls or by approaching it.
• [Kliff] Improved the assault velocity of Force Palm.
• [Kliff] Fixed a difficulty the place the parry motion after guarding wouldn’t set off when a non-sword weapon was outfitted as the main weapon.
• [Kliff] Fixed a difficulty the place Charge couldn’t be used with sure weapons.
• [Kliff] Improved Force Current in order that Kliff not falls from ledges when utilizing it.
• [Damiane/Oongka] Added the talent Ambush.
• [Damiane/Oongka] Added a talent that has the identical impact as Kliff’s Focused Force Palm.
• [Oongka] Fixed a difficulty the place Oongka couldn’t transfer horizontally throughout Vertical Flight.
• [Oongka] Improved Oongka’s blaster in order that it may be fired throughout Flight.
• [Oongka] Fixed a difficulty the place Scatter Shot might be used even with out bullets throughout Back Hang.
• Improved “Examine” in order that it may be utilized in your stock whereas mounted on a horse.
• Improved the brightness and detection vary of the Miner’s Lantern Hat in order that it might extra simply determine gatherable ores.
  • It can now determine stone as effectively.
• Changed the therapeutic results displayed on targets affected by Healing Force Palm.
• Fixed a difficulty the place the “Lift” interplay grew to become unavailable when a restrained goal fell into water.
• Fixed a difficulty the place stamina would recuperate when repeatedly drawing and stowing weapons whereas transferring.
• Fixed a difficulty the place sprinting, swimming, and another actions couldn’t be carried out whereas using the Marni’s Mechahorse.
• Fixed a difficulty the place the character would get caught in sure conditions whereas working mechanical gadgets.
• Improved spears and longswords in order that their assaults movement extra naturally throughout fight.
• [Damiane] Improved Quick Reload in order that, along with being acquirable by talent commentary, the talent will also be acquired with Abyss Artifacts. (Added: 2026/04/23)

UI Fixes & Improvements

• Improved the stock in order that gadgets may be seen by way of class tabs.
  • There are 5 classes: All, Documents, Equipment, Food, Materials, and Others.
  • The Sort settings for every stock class are saved and can stay in impact even after restarting the sport.
  • The identical class tabs may also be added to the personal storage in the close to future.
• Improved the stock UI in order that grouped icons will present an icon with a consultant picture of that group.
  • The function could also be turned on or off in Settings > Play > Show Group Icon in Inventory.
• Separated the enter choices for “Ungroup” and “Ungroup All Items”.
• Added “Filters/Search” operate to the map.
• Improved the map and minimap in order that icons are displayed for obtained Memory Fragments.
  • After Memory Fragments are obtained, lanterns will not show a detection sign.
• Added a function that permits gamers to decide on the form and shade of map markers.
• Improved the map to show the inventory standing of store gadgets for retailers with whom most belief has been reached.
• Improved the map and minimap to show effectively icons.
• Improved the minimap to show north, south, east, west.
• [Kliff/Damiane/Oongka] Adjusted the structure of the Skills menu.
• Improved the Faction Quests and Challenges UI to point out the variety of quests and challenges accessible.
• Improved the Journal in order that reward merchandise info may be seen.
• Added a UI show to outlets that present what number of of an merchandise the participant owns.
• Improved outlets’ purchase menu to show the situations required for buying deactivated gadgets.

Graphics & Settings

• Improved the rendering high quality of distant objects and textures. The greater the graphics settings, the extra enhanced the particulars and visible readability shall be.
  • Fixed a further challenge the place background objects that ought to solely seem beneath sure situations have been all the time seen from a distance.
• Improved the visible high quality of characters at lengthy distances.
• Improved hair lighting in shaded areas.
• Improved errors and flickering associated to displacement mapping.
• Added a “Max” dimension for the subtitle font dimension setting.
• Improved to take care of the digital camera’s distance to the character when adjusting the visible vary.
• Added a “Colorblind Mode” possibility in Settings > Accessibility.
• Added a “Chromatic Aberration” possibility in Settings > Accessibility.
• Added a “Photosensitive Mode” possibility in Settings > Accessibility.
• [PC] Improved the high quality of “AMD FSR Ray Regeneration”.
• [PC] Improved the high quality of “Intel XeSS 3.0” upscaling and “Intel XeSS Frame Generation”.
• [Steam] Fixed a difficulty the place actions requiring rotation of the proper stick, equivalent to Nature’s Snare and reeling in a fishing rod, didn’t operate correctly with an Xbox controller when the “Enable Steam Input” was enabled.
• [Mac] Reduced stuttering throughout gameplay.
• [Mac] Added a “MetalFX Denoising Upscaler” possibility in Settings > Video. This possibility is offered ranging from macOS Tahoe.
• [Mac] Fixed a difficulty the place switching between a number of shows beneath Settings > Video didn’t work easily.
• [Mac] Fixed a difficulty the place the sport would launch at an unintended decision when utilizing sure shows.
• [Mac] Improved HDR high quality and allowed HDR to be enabled by default “For This Mac” preset when utilizing an HDR-compatible show.
• [Mac] Fixed a difficulty the place the display appeared excessively darkish when disabling HDR after it had been enabled.

Stability, Gameplay

• Changed the Load menu to show a discover in a slot if the save knowledge is corrupted or invalid.
• Fixed a difficulty that triggered the sport to crash if HDR was enabled on a monitor that doesn’t help HDR.
• Fixed a number of stability and crash points throughout PC, console, and Mac.

Localization

• Fixed numerous localization errors and improved localization high quality throughout all languages.

Others

• Tumbleweeds have been added to abandon areas.
• Fixed a difficulty the place the “Display Weapons” setting was not utilized correctly in sure cutscenes and gameplay conditions.
• Fixed a difficulty the place the goal location would show incorrectly when a bounty goal quest failed.
• Fixed the bounty system in order that if the participant’s bounty is simply too excessive to show in a bounty goal, bringing the goal to the Constabulary will set off an arrest state as an alternative of the handover cutscene.
• Improved comrades’ conduct so they don’t assault bounty targets.
• Fixed a difficulty the place, after finishing sure quests, monitoring of the subsequent quest didn’t set off correctly.
• Improved the Journal to point whether or not a quest goal has been dispatched on a mission.
• Improved the progress show for cumulative quests equivalent to “To the Rescue”.
• Fixed a difficulty the place the sport would sometimes shut when retrying bosses as Damiane or Oongka.
• Fixed a difficulty the place the character swap menu grew to become accessible after finishing a stage that robotically switched the participant character.
• Fixed a difficulty the place teleporting by way of the map whereas mounted on Blackstar triggered Blackstar to turn into invincible or unable to maneuver.
• Fixed a difficulty the place Blackstar wouldn’t transfer when summoned from a distance.
• Fixed a difficulty the place an merchandise was displayed incorrectly when studying a Memory Fragment with the lantern.
• Fixed a difficulty in the Prologue the place enemies wouldn’t acknowledge the participant after the participant rested in a mattress.
• Fixed a difficulty that triggered an inifite loading display to seem if the participant was caught dishonest at Duo as Oongka.
• Fixed a difficulty the place NPCs have been unable decide up gadgets that they had dropped after colliding with the participant.
• Fixed a difficulty the place some outfits seemed unnatural relying on the participant’s actions.
• Improved the show of the horse cargo so it not overlaps with shields.
• Fixed a difficulty the place audio didn’t play correctly in sure conditions.
• Fixed a difficulty the place a sure Pailune service provider NPC wouldn’t seem in some save information.
• Fixed a difficulty the place the mission would fail if a bounty goal was killed after being captured.
• Fixed a difficulty the place Trust wouldn’t enhance after giving a present to the boss of the Beggars’ Alliance.
• Fixed a difficulty the place the results of the gadgets Golden Beer and Sage’s Eye didn’t apply correctly.
• Fixed a difficulty the place related Knowledge was not acquired after interacting with the Pailune Militiamen.
• Fixed a difficulty the place the data for Tristan, the Flame Knight, Marni’s Machina Knight, and Dreadnought couldn’t be acquired.
• Fixed a difficulty the place Greater Abyss Gear couldn’t be offered.
• Fixed enhancement supplies, crafting supplies, and reinforcement ranges that had been set otherwise from the gear materials sort.
• Fixed numerous different in-game points.

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